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NYC, metropolis

by Deborah S Regan

to think of me,

breathing on the Eastern seaboard,

eating a hot dog in Central Park,

finding my kouros at the Met Museum,

taking the ferry "home" to Staten Island

 

shaking the Alabama dirt off my hands

and groveling in new dirt,

I could blink and hope

 

that the world could find legs,

lift itself from its rotting road houses

and peer across giant, metal sky-sweepers,

(and keep) moving

08/21/2004

Posted on 08/22/2004
Copyright © 2024 Deborah S Regan

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 04/02/06 at 03:01 PM

Interesting perception. I've never been there myself, but I Love NY, and anything about it, written or photographed.

Posted by Meghan Helmich on 05/15/07 at 08:38 PM

yes! nyc is amazing. and it's always a little bit better to someone who comes from the dead south. i grew up in birmingham, alabama and biloxi, mississippi, so i can really really see your perspective.

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